Example sentences of "the 1980 budget " in BNC.

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1 The announcement in the Medium Term Financial Strategy ( MTFS ) in the 1980 budget of monetary targets — which would fall year by year ( see Table 8.3 ) — was also regarded as a means of lowering the expectations of wage bargainers .
2 Certain authorities , originally identified by Sir Geoffrey Howe as potential recipients of enterprise zones in the 1980 Budget speech — notably Sheffield and Wolverhampton — were unable to reach agreement with the Treasury over this issue , and were thus not granted zones .
3 Immediately in December 1979 , however , Parliament rejected the 1980 budget , criticising it for spending too much on CAP and too little on social and regional policies .
4 In the 1980 budget , the Government announced that unemployment pay , sickness and invalidity benefit would be liable to tax .
5 In the 1980 Budget , the Chancellor announced target ranges for the growth of M3 ( then called sterling M3 ) and targets for the PSBR as a percentage of GDP at market prices .
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